Confusion over government agencies’ roles in fire oversight, Tai Po probe reveals

A public inquiry into Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has shed light on government departments’ confusion over their roles in supervising large-scale renovation projects, with a fire service official insisting his department was not responsible for handling complaints about flammable building materials because it lacked expertise in construction. Michael Yung Kam-hung, an assistant director of the Fire Services Department, said on Wednesday it would not take legal action against breache...

By Brian Wong,Leopold Chen